Process of straightening and coating wire



s.PEAcocK PROCESS OF STRAIGHTENlNG AND COATING WIRE l Filed Dec. l'7', 1923 Patented. Jan. 6, 1925.

'UNITED STATES 1,522,265 PAT-ENT oFFlfcE.

SAM EL PEACOCK, OF WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR TO WHEELING STEEL &

IRON COMPANY, 0F WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA, A CORPORATION 0F WEST' VIR- GINIA.

PROCESS OF STRAIGHTENING AND COATING WIRE.y A

Application led December 17, 1923,. Seri'al No. 681,309.

the same, nd has for its object to provide f an article and procedure which will be an improvement over what has been heretofore proposed. i'

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel article of manufacture constituting the wirev and ir. the novel steps and .combinations of steps constituting the process, all as will be more fully hereinafter disclosed and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which like numeralsdesignate like parts in all the views Figure .l is a dia rammatic-view of an apparatus suitable or carrying out this invention; a

Figure 2 is a diagrammatic view partially in section of the lacquering portion of the apparatus shown in'Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a sectional view of the coated wire; and

Figure 4 is a longitudinal view of the coated wire.

In order that the precise invention may be the more clearly understood it is said At present there is a large demand for straightening lengths of wire of sa from 6 to 15 feet long for the purpose o banding boxes, and in order to preserve saidl lengths against oxidation it is customary to galvanize the wire beforeit is made into coils, to then straighten the coiled wire by passing the same through straightening machines and to then ,cut the straightened wire into desired lengths, whereupon the said wires are bundled and sold to the users of special machines for the purpose of banding boxes and other packages.

The purpose of this invention, more specifically stated, is to provide a less costly means of preserving the wires from oxidation while at the same time so marking the wires' that they will be readily distinguishable on the market from other wires. In order to avoid the cost of galvanizing the wires I prefer to coat the wires with lacquer orwith an ink or otherl coloringcompound having lacquer or an equivalent substance intermiXed therewith.v But, as .is well known, if a lacquered' or ink coated wire is made up into colls asisthe galvanlzed wire,

.and then passed through a straightening machine preparatory to.- cutting the wire into sultable lengths, the lacquer coating will be so brokenvor torn as to render the same useless. v

On the other hand, ,coated wire into suitable lengths before lacquering, or coating, vthe same, the 'cost .Ofhandlingthe individual cut ieces will be prohibitive. Therefore, accor ing to this invention, I proceed as follows The ordinary uncoated wire is coiled as usual to form the 'coils 1, thecoiled wire is then pulled through a suitable apparatus 2 to deprive the wire of any mill scale that may coat the same, and to otherwise clean the wire. As indicated in the drawings, I prefer to employ a machine of the scratch ,brush type for this purpose. v The wire 12 is next passed through any suitable oiling or Soaping devlce 2O to coat the same' with a lubricant and the lubricated wire is next passed through any suitablel well known form of straightening machine 3 iniorder to permanently take the'kinks or coil out of the said wire.

That is to say, said rollers 5 lare convenient ly grooved as illustrated in'Figure 2,' and .are fed with lacquer or ink `or a combinatior. of lacquer and ink by means of any suitable rollers'such as 7 while the rollers if onel cuts the un- After leaving the straightening machlne 3, the wire 1s next prefer-- operation.

6 are fed with similar material by means of the rollers 8 as will be understood.

'In case the wire is to be of a'uniform color and coating the ink or lacquer or other material fed to the rollers 5 and 6 by means of the rollers 7 and 8 respectively will be o-f the same materials. 0n the other hand, if the wire is to be distinctively colored in order to indicate to the purchaser its quality, the rollers 7 will feed to the roller 5 an ink of one color such for example as red, and the roller -8 will feed to the roller 6 an ink of another color such Ior example as white.

The `wire 12 will thus becoated on opposite' sides with two different colors and isthere-v of the usual type in each case, and therefore,

it lis not deemedr necessary to more particularly describe the same. That is to say, scratch brushing machines suitable for this purpose, wire straightening machines, wire inking machines, baking ovens; as well as wire cutting machines are now so well knownl that no claim is made specifically to the apparatus in this case.

By, however, following the procedure above outlined, one is enabled to straighten and coat a continuously moving wire with a relatively brittle coating and cut the same into predetermined lengths without destroying said coating during the straightening The -now well known cutting machines 13 are provided with a pair of rolls 16 which pull on the'wire, a pair of rolls 17 which cut the wire, and a pair of rolls 18 which push the cut lengths 14 out of the machine.

It will now be clear that by -following the foregoing procedure I am enabled to continuously pull the continuous wire 12 from the coil 1 through the various machines by means of the rollers 16 to eut the baked and coated wire into predetermined lengths 14 and to bind the lengths into bundles 15. I am also enabled to make the coating of the wire two or more colors as indicated at 2-1 and 22 Figure 3, or in a single `color as indicated at 24 in Figure 4. Whatl I claim is 1. The process of producing lengths of straightened and cut Wires which consists in descaling the wire; straightening the descaled wire; coating the straightened wire; passin the coated wire through a. furnace to har en the coating thereon; and cutting the coatedwire into the desired length.

'2. The process of producing lengths of straightened and-cut wires which consists in descaling the wire; coating. the descaled wire with a lubricant; straightening the lubricated and descaled wire; cleaning the surface of the straightened and lubricated wire; coating with a protective material the straightened wire; passing the coated wire through a furnace to harden the coating thereon; and cutting the coated wire into the desired lengths.

3. The process ofproducing lengths of straightened and cut wires which consists in coiling said wires; descaling the coiled wires; lubricating the surfaces of the descaled wires;` straightening the lubricated wires; cleaning the surfaces ofthe straightenedwires; coveringthe cleansed wires with a protective coating; heating the protective coating to harden the same; and cutting the coated wires into predetermined lengths.

4. The continuous process of producing lengths of straightened and cut wires which consists in causing said wires to travel continuously along a predetermined path; descaling the traveling wire; straightening the traveling descaled wire; coating the straightened wire; passing the coated Wire through a :furnace to harden the coating thereon; and cutting the coated Wire into the`desired lengths.

The continuous process yof producing lengths of straightened and out wires which consists in coiling said wires; causing said wires to travel' continuously along a predetermined path; descaling the coiled wires; lubricating the surfaces of the traveling descaled wires; straightening the lubricated wires; cleaning the surfaces o'f the straightened wires; covering the Acleansed wires with a protective coating; heating the-protective coating to harden the same; and cutting the traveling coated Wires into predetermined lengths. i

In testimony whereof l affix my signature.

SAMUEL PEACOCK. 

